PLYMOUTH WESTERN DEFENCES

Fort Tregantle At the end of the 18th century Picklecombe, Cawsand, Maker (7) and Amherst batteries were constructed.

In the second half of the 19th century Scraesdon and Tregantle Forts and supporting batteries - Garden, Raleigh, Hawkins, Pier Cellars, Penlee, Rame Church, Polhawn, Whitesand Bay and Tregantle Down - were built along the western coast of the The Sound and Whitesand Bay.


Photo Palmerston Forts Society